- Anecdote: a brief amusing story
- Animosity: hatred; antagonism
- Annex (n): a building which is an addition to an existing building
- Annex (v): take possession of; seize; capture
- Anomaly: something which does not fit in a pattern; irregularity
- Antagonism: hostility; strong opposition
- Antagonistic: opposed; hostile; aggressive
- Antediluvian: outdated; prehistoric; very old-fashioned
- Anthology: a book which is a collection of poems or stories
- Anthropocentrism: putting man at the center of one's philosophy
- Celerity: speed
- Censorious: disapproving; critical
- Censure: blame
- Cerebral: intellectual
- Certitude: certainty
- Charlatan: trickster who claims knowledge he doesn't have
- Chary: wary of; cautious about; reluctant to give
- Chastises: punishes
- Chicanery: trickery
- Chimerical: changeable; unstable
- Dexterous: skilful with hands
- Dichotomy: a division into two parts
- Didactic: intended to teach; instructive
- Diffident: lacking confidence
- Digress: wander off the subject
- Dike: dam; embankment
- Dilatory: slow; falling behind with one's work
- Dilemma: puzzling situation
- Dilettante: person who dabbles in a subject without serious study
- Diligent: hard-working
- Extraneous: irrelevant
- Extrapolate: extend; predict on the basis of known data
- Extrinsic: irrelevant; on the outside
- Fallacious: false
- Falter: hesitate; waver
- Fanatical: obsessive; fixated
- Fanaticism: passion; excessive devotion
- Fastidious: overly particular; finicky
- Fatuous: silly; foolish
- Feasible: possible and practicable
- Incoherent: not clear
- Incongruous: not fitting in; out of place
- Inconsequential: unimportant; insignificant; negligible
- Inconspicuous: not easily seen; subtle; not noticeable
- Indelible: cannot be wiped out
- Indifferent: 1. neutral; 2. not outstanding
- Indigenous: native to a particular area
- Indolence: laziness
- Inductee: novice; beginner
- Indulgent: pampering; satisfying desires
- Maladroit: clumsy; unskillful
- Malady: illness
- Malediction: a curse
- Malefactor: a wrong-doer
- Malinger: deliberately avoid work; shirk
- Malingerer: person who deliberately tries to avoid work
- Malleable: flexible; can be shaped
- Mallet: 1. wooden hammer; 2. stick used for polo
- Manipulatable: influencable; controllable
- Marred: damaged; spoiled
- Pallid: pale
- Palpable: easily felt; easily perceived
- Panacea: remedy for all ills
- Paradigm: 1. example; 2. model; 3. way of looking at things
- Paradox: apparently contradictory statement
- Paragon: a perfect example
- Paramount: of supreme importance
- Parasite: 1. scrounger; 2. animal which takes digested food from another
- Parched: dried up
- Pariah: an outcast from society
- Presumptuous: assuming too much; arrogant
- Pretentious: pompous; self-important
- Prevaricate: speak misleadingly and evasively
- Pristine: unspoiled
- Proclivity: tendency towards
- Procrastinate: delay; put off
- Prodigal: wasteful; extravagant
- Prodigious: very large
- Profane: unholy
- Profanity: swearing; cursing
- Scrupulous: careful; diligent; painstaking
- Scrutinize: examine carefully
- Scuttle: sink
- Seminary: an institution in which priests are trained
- Sensuous: appealing to the senses
- Sentinel: guard; sentry
- Sequester: isolate
- Serendipity: fortunate coincidence; unsought discovery
- Serene: calm; peaceful
- Serrated: jagged; saw-like
- Unequivocal: clear; obvious
- Unfetter: set free
- Unfrock: to remove a priest from his position
- Unprecedented: never having happened before
- Unscathed: unharmed; intact; without a scratch
- Unwitting: not deliberate; unconscious
- Upbraid: scold; tell off; reprimand
- Uproarious: hilarious; hysterical; very funny
- Upshot: outcome
- Urbane: sophisticated; suave
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